In Colorado, Seeing New Plays Before They’re Born
Last week at the Colorado New Play Festival in Steamboat Springs, work by Branden Jacobs-Jenkins and Jill Sobule, among others, searched for its sound and form.
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Lily Tung Crystal Named Theater Mu’s New Artistic Director
The performer/director/leadership coach, who founded San Francisco’s Ferocious Lotus, will take the reins of the Twin Cities company this fall.
At the Tonys, a Night of Call-Outs and History-Making
The musical ‘Hadestown’ took top honors in a hopeful ceremony that pointed the way forward for the theatre field.
Robert Kelley, Silicon Valley Theatremaker
Artistic director of the Tony-winning TheatreWorks, who will step down in 2020, looks back on 50 years of growth and new work.
Tear Down This Wall: TYA/USA’s 2019 Festival & Conference
The gathering, which featured YA novelist Jason Reynolds, focused on eliminating barriers—especially ones between kids and adults.
Jeff Daniels: Not Quite the Hero
How the Tony-nominated star of ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’ stays in the moment, even a complicated one.
Tarell Alvin McCraney and Tina Landau: Back in ‘Blakk’
In ‘Ms. Blakk for President,’ the two are unearthing a forgotten slice of queer history and drawing parallels to today’s presidential race.
Can 3Views Change Theatre Criticism?
Coming this fall: a new artist-driven online journal from the Lillys that aims to widen and diversify the discourse.
Rooms Where It Happens: St. Louis’s Rising Leaders of Color
Five colleagues I got to know over the past year through TCG’s professional development program, which adds up to more than the sum of its parts.
New at The New Yorker: Theatre Critics Vinson Cunningham & Alexandra Schwartz
As they take over the regular beat from Hilton Als, the two talk about where they come from and what they’re looking forward to.